ENGL 1102 Writing Portfolio Spring ‘10

During the course of the semester, you will create and a portfolio of your work that displays your development as a writer throughout this course. This will require you to include your best work showcased as final drafts. Along with each final draft, you will also assemble the process work and initial drafts of your work that demonstrates your writing process and drafting strategies. Writing portfolios will be submitted at the end of the semester.

Completing Assignments/Process Work

For each major assignments included, you mustinclude all required contents for that section. You will receive a grade for overall completion and the display of your process. This will require you to participate in, and keep up with, process work throughout the semester.

Revision Policy

You are required to revise ALL major essays. As I read each final draft, I will compare it to previous drafts to determine the amount of revision done, the quality of revision choices, and the effort put in to preparing final drafts. You will receive a grade for revision strategies.

**Indicating Revision**

Once you have completed your final draft for an assignment, you MUST indicate revisions made by highlighting sections where significant changes were made. This applies to Essays I & II and to your research project if you choose to revise. (You do not need to indicate sentence level changes like grammar or spelling corrections if you have made more significant changes.)

For Essays I & II, you have received feedback from various sources. You must include your reflective writing from your conference describing what you want to work on and your highlighted changes on your final draft. You will receive a 5 pt. deduction from both your Revision Strategies grade and your Final Draft grade for each essay that is submitted without the revisions indicated.

If you choose to revise your research project (this is optional), you must indicate those revisions in order to receive credit.

Introduction

Your introduction should be approximately half-a-page. It should provide an overall view of your vision for your portfolio. It should explain any overall themes you have used, your organization, and anything else I need to know about your portfolio before I begin reading it.

Each portfolio should include:

A bound cover with your name and title for the collection (3-ring binders only)

An Introduction

A table of contents

A divider for each section

Order the exhibits in each section as you see fit, but each required exhibit must be included and complete.

  1. Essay I – Conflict Resolution Letter

___ Discovery Draft with questions for your group

___ Draft I (Workshop Draft) with workshop materials

___ Draft II (include reflection from conference)

___ Your Final Revision with major revisions highlighted

  1. Research Project:You may also submit your work for the project in the order previously indicated on your assignment sheet.

___ Your Completed Project (include rubric)

___ Final Revision (This is optional. You may earn up to 12 points by revising. You

revisions must be highlighted in order to receive credit.)

  1. Essay II – Argumentative Essay

___ Writing-to-Learn: Planning Essay II (from the conference)

___ Discovery Draft

___ Draft I (Workshop Draft) with workshop materials

___ Draft II (include reflection from conference)

___ Your Final Revision with major revisions highlighted

  1. Writing-to-Learn (WTL) Exercises

All WTL exercises should be titled and dated.Assemble10-12 writing-to-learn entries that you feel are strong and display a variety of writing styles. Your entries should be organized and easy to identify. I will not search for entries. Grades will be determined by effort, variety, completeness, and organization/presentation.

If you have attended class regularly and have kept up with your entries, you should have more than 12. If you have done a considerable amount of entries and would like me to see them, I encourage you to submit them in the section for Miscellaneous Work.

  1. Miscellaneous Work

In this section, you may include any other course work or any other writing you’ve done that you would like me to see. This is your chance to show off what you’ve accomplished; selections may include quizzes, notes, writing-to-learn entries, group work, or any other writing you’ve done this semester. Anything in this section should be clearly labeled and organized.

  1. Final Reflective Letter

Once you have finished composing your portfolio, your final reflective letter will guide me through your semester: each of your assignments, the portfolio as a whole, and the overall course. Your letter should be a minimum of 4.5 pages (MLA format). It will be graded based on the level of reflection, organization of ideas, and the quality of writing.

Composing Your Reflective Letter

Consider these questions when composing your final reflective letter. DO NOT submit a numbered list; you will not receive credit.

Questions to consider when discussing individual assignments:

  1. What was your overall impression of the assignment?
  2. What was difficult/easy for you when you were composing this assignment? What were your strengths and weaknesses?
  3. What did you learn about writing and/or argument from this assignment, or how did your writing improve?
  4. How do you feel about the final product? If you have more time, is there anything you would change?

Questions to consider when discussing the novel andyour research project:

  1. What was your overall impression of the assignment?
  2. How did the novel contribute to your research? What role did it play?
  3. What did you get from writing responses and class discussions?
  4. What was difficult/easy about composing your annotated bibliography? What were your strengths/weaknesses?
  5. What was difficult/easy about composing your research reflection?What were your strengths/weaknesses?
  6. What did you learn or gain from this assignment? (What did you learn about research or about the issues you researched? What did you learn specifically about writing, or how did your writing improve?)
  7. How do you feel about the final product? If you have more time, is there anything you would change?

Questions to consider when discussing the portfolio:

  1. Was it difficult to revise and assemble your drafts?
  2. How do your final drafts compare to each other? Which was the easiest?Which was the most challenging?
  3. Which assignment do you feel displays your best writing?
  4. Describe the experience of assembling this portfolio? What did you discover when finally putting everything together?
  5. What did you learn about your writing process?

Questions to consider when reflecting onthe course:

  1. How did process work affect your writing?
  2. What is your assessment of your writing group? (Did you receive helpful feedback? How did it help your writing and/or your ability to critically examine others’ writing?)
  3. What effect did conferences have on your writing?
  4. Did the class environment help/hinder your learning?
  5. What final impressions do you have of the course and course work?